You Would Be Paranoid Too...

September 11, 2010

By Anonymous, Seneca, SC

“Why are you so paranoid,” he asks, I try to force down the answer I am dying to say to him The answer that is burning In my throat, dying to be voiced But he always becomes upset When I mention my past Sympathetic of my feelings Too worried over my tears So I force down the vile And the words that are burning And simply say, “I have no idea.” It makes me want to cry that He can just nod and believe that Shouldn’t he know when I am Lying through my teeth But I just smile and laugh If only I could tell him What I truly want to say “You would be paranoid too If you had been hurt so much Had cried so many tears And had love die with your touch. You would be paranoid too If you didn’t know when I’ll leave you.”

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